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were centered the hopes Of millions OF
trusting hearts; that after well sustained
efforts, through four years of the vary
ing fortunes of war, after ten thousand
heroic deeds and deaths, the sun of the
Confederacy set forever, in gloom and
darkness; its bright banner, all covered
with glory and renown, was furled on
land aud sea; its gallant soldiers dis
persed; its music hushed; its votaries
smitten with sadness and grief. But
though lost it was not dishonored. Its
history, though, brief, was dazzling with
brilliancy. 1t arms, though unsuccess-
full, filed the world with their renown.
Its struggle, though failure, showed
the world how brave people could
dare and suffer and toll and die to main
tain their rights; and recreant to the
high trust committed to them viii the
survivors of the sad contest be, if the
time shall ever come when the dead he
roes of the struggle shall be forgotten,
or their memory permitted to be tar
nished with the uncontradicted ISLANDERS
of ignorance or hdts.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

apple and pear, budding and grating.
Cherry, mostly by budding, but sue.
ceeds wen by grating, IL done very carly.
reach and nectarine, by budding only.
at the north; often succeeds by praftino
at the south. -''.-s
Plum, by grating, and also by budding
If the stocks are thrifty.
Apricot, mostly by budding; sometimes
by grating.
Almond, by budding. and sometimes by
grating.
Chestnut, by early grating.
walnut by early grating and by an.
nual budding
Ounce, by cutting and grating.
Filbert by suckers and layers. The
finer sorts may be grated on the more
common, which reduces the size of the
bush and makes them more prolific.
Grape, by layers AID cuttings; and, in
rare instances, grating is adyantageonsly
employed for new or rare sorts on old or
wlld stocks, producing rapid growth and
early bearing.
Raspberry and blackberry. by suckers
cutting Of roots and layers.
GoOseberry and currant, by cuttings and
sometimes by layers.
10 insure good work one must have
sharp tools and good wax. Ben: Perlev
Poore, In The American Cultivator, who
approves OF the above schedule, saws TO
make the grating wax by heating and
mixing equal parts of resin, tallow and
yellow beeswax. A coat of this wax
about one-twentieth of an inch thick
spread over muslin, calico or flexible ma.
Per, makes an excellent covering for ont
door grating, or, spread half as thick. is
well adapted TO root grating.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
horn With a sealskin.

Now that plated ware has become SO pienti-
full and cheap, the old expression, born with
a silver spoon in his mouth goes out OF date
Silver is not SO tempting thing as 1t used TO
he. except when the mint has struck 1t, al
though solid silver still means an awful lot
We might now say "born with gold spoon, I"
and not mean very much Fortunes are grow
ing 50 large that there seems no extrasagance
in the supposition that the next century VIII
zee them go into the billions OF dollars What
was vanderbilt'ss SIS, ,0o0,o 900; and it would
be hard to put the wealth of the Rothschlld
family with its ramifcations on paper. But
everybody in America might without exag-
ceration said to be born with q silver spoon as
compared with European communities But
the San Francisco girl has got out an express
sion which win probably prove more expires
sive than any.
9Yes,n said poor young lady, discussing
the daughter Of rich man. aLottle was born
with a sealskin SAN Francisco Chronicle
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
A Gorgeous Drawing-Room.

Pushing the portieres aside which
closes the connecting rooms between
the drawing room and dtrtunl, one
stands spell-bound at the dazzling
beauty around him. If there has been
a sense of solemn grandeur in viewing
the high art halls, the drawing-room
dispels it and forever settles the status
and approves the wisdom of Louis XIV.
and his flippant style The room is
rococo in white and gilt 45x50 feet The
wood work, finished in ivory. enamel
and gold, rises in richly carved pilasters
to the ceiling, dividing the walls into
numerous panels. which are hung in
ivory-white velvet These panels are
outlined by rich gilt moulding and are
ornamented with Louis XIV. scrolls en-
broidered with silver. and chenille out
lined with heavy gilt cords. The upper
part of the walls are cross-divided by
richly carved brackets of gilt, each con-
tanning figure paintings representing
the muses. and the seasons. Ivory and
gold are the colors of the ceiling, which
contains large center panel represent
ing DAWN" and two smaller side
panels with fanciful figures of day"
and Might painted by p. V. GaDaud,
of Paris. These figures are surround
ed by wide frame of paptey-Dsaele,
in fruit and foliage design, the whole
oyal-shaped and in full relief. and gild-
ed to initiate the several shades of
Eruscan gold. A pretty conceit makes
the center of the white Administer carpet
an oval shape with the same designs in
colors as is seen in the gilt frame, look
ing as though the ceiling was reflected
in the floor The outer edge of the car
pet, which was in the hands of the
weavers year, is the largest carpet
ever made in one piece at Glasgow. has
Louis XIV. scroll to match the walls,
is filled in with old rose color in har-
mony with the elegant plush pOrtieres,
which are a rose color richly embroider-
ed with Louis XIV. scrolls, and edged
with a massive fringe showing all the
colors mentioned and is of piece with
that of the furniture. The mantei is of
Mexican onyx, claborately chiseied, sur
mounted by a massive French plate
mirror reaching to the ceiling, filled IN
between the pilasters and forming a
part of the architecture of the room
Itself. Two large crystal chandeliers.
exact copies of those in the Louis Nv
| chamber at Fountainbleau. and eight
candelabra are provided. When light
ed, and the room filed with ''fair wo-
| men and brave men" on fete night
nothing short of fairyland could equal
| the spectacle, and those soft mellowed
| tints give no hint that they are not a
hundred years old Even the dainty
| point duchess curtains, mother-of-peai
| tables and silver brocade fete-a-tetes
are in perfect harmony q f1eod :
California Mansion, described sa Good
Housekeeping.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23


Notwithstanding the new land taken up
has been constantly decreasing. 1t was
61.5 per cent. in 1850, $50 in 1860. az 7
in 1870 and 46.2 in 1880.
According to the same authority the in
crease OF twenty years in the values of
products of American agriculture has
been far greater than the increase in popu-
lation. Quantities have enormously in
creased and values have changed. some
being lower and some higher than in 1860
The principal products are shown in the
accompanying diagram in the order of
their prominence. Meat, which represents
ranch grass or pasturage, is first, followed
by corn, wheat, hay, dairy products, cot
ton, poultry products, etc. Corn stood
first in 1850 because the grains of the
western half of the continent were un-
utilized, and meat production east of the
Mississippi has assumed greatly enlarged
proportions. A part of the corn, about
half, and small part of the hay, are du-
plicated in the value of meats. The dairy
products are principally from pasturage,
and therefore do not duplicate extensively
values of other items
The products represented in the diagram
and the proportion of each in the two
periods are given in millions of dollars, as
follows:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
racts Farmers want to Know.

The aid of sheep in keeping up fertility
is especially important to the eastern and
older states.
Experiments in tobacco culture in south
Florida, says The Savannah News, have
been made with encouraging results on a
limited SCALE
]. w. Comstock, of Greenfield, Ind,
considers sweet cows milk the most effec-
tive remedy for hog cholera.
Some of the Connecticut river valley
farmers are gi ing up tobacco culture for
the breeding fine horses.
A citizen of Pocahontas, Ia, has in
vented a new fuel which bids fair to take
the place of coal in the prairie countries.
He grinds corn stalks and coarse prairie
grass together and moistens them. This
pulp is pressed into blocks about twelve
inches long and four inches thick and
dried. One block will give an hour
steady heat. This fuel can be produced
for So ton, and the inventor claims that
it will last twice as long as the best soft
coal
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

In many households Il very considerable
loss occurs annually in waste of coal
that is quite unnecessary. A prevention
90 this uncalled for waste is sitting the
ashes and saving the einders, most of
which can be burned again, while the
ashes, if kept Under shelter in boxes or
barrels, may be utilized as an absorbent
to add to the compost heap, the vaults
and the chicken runs. Sitting ashes is,
however, an exceedingly disagreeable job,
unless suitable arrangements are made by
which the work can be done with neatness
and dispatch.
An exceedingly convenient ash sitter,
such rs IS shown in the cut, may be easily
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
a Missourlan's Experience in Mis-
sissippl-A Good Country for Stock
Farming.

EDITOR CLARION: Perhaps short
account of my experience In Mississippi
will be of interest to persons of the
North West desiring a Southern home.
came here from Missouri in September
last, and hence can not give as full
account of this section as some others
possibly could. My object in coming
South was to find suitable location
for Stock farm, after having travelled
over Southwest Mississippi, North Ar
kansas and Southern Kansas, without
success. My coming was more through
curiosity than an expectation of find
ing desirable location, for | was pre-
JUDGED against the South as an agree
able place to live, on account of the
erroneous reports which | had heard
concerning its climate and health. And
also, the negroes had often been men,
toned as one of the drawbacks to this
country as place of residence. / had
always associated all of Mississippi with
that part bordering ON the Mississippi
River-and all Northern people do who
have not visited the State-and was
ignorant of the fact that she possessed
such fertile prairie lands entirely free
from malaria. | found the people in
tel gent, refined and social, willing and
an ious to give any one, desiring it, a
cordial welcome, even though he did
come from North of s'Mason and Dix
| on's Line" After looking at the coun-
| try surrounding West Point, came to
the conclusion that it was good stock
country, and when / saw cattle taken
to the butcher from the range after a
two months drought, and, and later on
in January, saw them looking we'll with
/ out either shelter or food, other than
that which they could get in open fields,
| became fully convinced that it was.
/ selected a farm of about three hun
| dred acres, one mile north of West
Point, and am well pleased with it. j
| think when cotton ceases to be king
and this country is properly titled, our
meat, corn and hay will not be shipped
to us from other markets, but to the
contrary we will ourselves become ship
pers of those articles. / am delighted
with the climate. Ice half an inch
i thick is the thickest / have seen this
winter. while heretofore I've been in the
habit of seeing heavily loaded four
horse wagon pass safely over the Mis-
i sissippi River on tie ice. / am sorry
that I can not give my Northern friends
more facts gathered from experience
bnt as I've before stated my residence
here dates only from September last
have no doubt, however, but that
shall be as well pleased with my new
home when / shall have resided here
il year, and have seen all the seasons, as
now am see nothing in the future
to cause me to regret locating here or Il
change my opinions regarding this mos
delightful country.
Il Very respectfully yours, etc,
i A. L. DUNKLIN.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

The late John NJ Laird, Of Greensburg,
Pa, was the oldest active Journalist In that
state. Edwin NJ Stanton was once an APP
prentice in his printing Office ct 6teubmviIle,
O. During the war of the rebellion be was .
Union Democrat, but bitterly opposed Stan-
ton, 20 that on one occasion be had to barTi-
cade his office against the furloughed soldiers
and indignant citizens, who wanted to mob
him and drive him out of town Secretary
Stanton heard Of ii, and talegrnphed: LET
the old man alone, and do mot wory him.
Aftw that Laird secured from 6tnnton -
pardon of . young soldier who had bem Con
demned for sleeping On Biz port = sentry ;onl
ever grantsd- New York Tribune
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
A Thoroughbred Cow.

The presence of any thoroughbred cow
In herd, says American Dairyman, has
a most remarkable effect upon the owner.
She is the first one he concerns himself
about when the herd is looked up. She
gets all the petting and the extra bits of
grass. The wife sets that cows milk separ
ate to use in the family, and when the cow
has a new calf everybody goes out to look
at it. Such a cow has a refining influ
ence in the family, and every family and
every farmer should have one in his herd.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

On the Wisconsin Agricultural college
farm six cows were kept, three by pastur-
ing and three by soiling. Professor Henry
reports the result: There was gained a
product of |, 779 pounds of milk from one
acre of pasture, producing SO pounds of
butter, while one acre in soiling crop gave
4, 7S2 pounds of milk, which made 1876
pounds of butter. The pasture was one
of the best blue grass pastures, capable of
carrying a COW per acre the season
through, under favorable weather con-
ditionS.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
.ENnININn RAcK TOR sMoKE HorsE,

Asi VIZ A-FNf is-ANh ipAs boiOhE IiObCiss
This revolving rack is described as fol-
lows in The American Agriculturist; The
stout center piece may be made of either
round or square timber; round piece of
pine from the woods viii serve the pur-
pose well. 1t must be made round, re-
duced at both ends and fitted into blocks
on the floor and one at or near the ceiling.
The spokes on which the meat is hung are
Of some strong wood, such as oak, hickory
or chestnut, and sixteen to twenty inches
long, securely driven into the revolving
center piece. In hanging meat on these
spOkes, hang the heavy pieces nearest the
center shaft, and the light pieces further
out; SO arrange the spoles as to give the
greatest amount of hanging room. By
building a chimney with two openings in
IT, as shown III the engraving, and arrang-
ing a cut off just above the first opening,
the smoke can be made to fill the smoke
house before finally passing up the Chin
ney, or it can be conducted directly up the
flup
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

theSe cross wires ON one side make a slot in
the barrel large enough for handle, which
Is an inch through and fastened to the top
edges of the sieve, notches having been
nrSt made in the handle to fit the sieve.
provide cover, and the sitter is ready
ior use. After placing the ashes in the
SIEVE put on the cover, and by means of
1he handle shake briskly back and forth.
Ihere viii be little or no dust in the oper-
alton
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
Croving stravberries.

Mr.. J. II. Hale, of Connecticut, in New
England Farmer, estimates the cost of
growing strawberries at $3.50 an acre,
itemized as follows viz. Land rent 5000;
ploughing and narrowing, $4.O0; manure,
$50; plants, $50; summer cultivation,
$50; mulching material for winter, $50.
In the $50 for fertilizers, $35 is allowed
for one ton of pure ground bone and S15
for muriate of potash, which are considered
the cheapest and most effective manures.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
Farm Acreage and Farm values.

Statistician Dodge, in his report on ag-
rlcuitural statistics, makes it appear
that the farm area of the United States
has nearly doubled in thirty wears, in
creasing from 293, $50, GA to $50, ,0S1, ,s35
acres. During the first ten years the tax
ing up OF government lands in the west
and south and the state lands of Texas
was active. The most fertile areas. little
encroached upon in the newer settle
ments, were taken possession of with a
certainty of appreciation in value that
added intensity to the pursuit of homes
obtalnable at insignificant prices. The
absolutely free homestead had not at that
time been guaranteed by law In the next
decade the disturbing element of the civil
war prevented aggregate increase, the
states within the theatre of actual warfare
declining in area some farms being aban-
doned and hence not counted as farms.
At the same time many of the western
states showed a considerable increase.
Kansas, for instance, with !, ,778, 400 acres
in 1860, had 1866, ,979 in 1870.
Between 1870 and 1880 the new lands
taken into the farm area exceeded 128,-
600 600 acres OF this no less than 40 =
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made at home.
Bore holes near
one end of n good,
tight barrel, place
two strong wires
across and tightly
c1inch them on
the outside; these
make n strong
rest for a sieve
Midway between
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FARM AND GARDEN.
FARM AREA OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S INCREASED VALUE.

Convenient Plan for Hanging Meat in a
smoke House-A Neat and ServieeabIe
bled Beef
The old time plan Of hanging meat from
hooks on the rafters of a smoke house has
been superseded, in some sections, by the
more convenient revolving rack, II picture
of which is here presented.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

A Bosros paper complains that Tenny-
rou's poem is obscure. The real trouble is
that Boston is giving too much time to the
development of the muscle and not enough
to its intellect.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

A LONDON tailor has invented dress
coat anil waistcoat combined, by which
means the coat is kept in place much bet
ter than when separate.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23

HO leSS lildn 80, =
900, 900 were in
six divisions be
tween the Missis-
sippi a n d tn e
X ocky noun
tains. The in
crease was large
in the south, es-
pecially in Texas,
where it as
nearly $4,000, 900.
The proportion of
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
AIarbled Beef.

Animals which have not been literally
led while young and growing win never
Yield the same quantity of marbled flesh,
no matter how much care may be taken
70 tatten them when grown, as those
which have been well fed from the be-
ginning In short, to produce the best
quality Of beef, the cellular tissues of the
muscle must be developed along with the
growth of the animal by abundant food.
ihe characteristics of high quality Of
oeeI are briefly as follows: If lean, the
surface of the beef is of uniform redness
When cut across the grain; but fat de-
posted within the muscle viii be indi-
Sated by whitish colored points which are
layers of fat around and among the
ouhdles of muscular fibres. These indi-
cations are more or less strongly marked
according to the amount of fat deposited
ana when the amount is considerable the
iean meat looks as If overlaid with net
work of fat. Meat thus streaked with
lat Is termed marbled.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-23
How Much Pork from a nushel OF Corn ?

Now Much Pork from n Bushe1 Of Corn
lhe question, How much pork may be
made from a bushel of corns Is an import
ant one, but it has never been answered
oeyond all controversy. In most cases
recorded as tests of the matter the corn
was fed in q mixed state, with roots, po-
eatoes, etc, all of which make it difficult
70 arrive at definite conclusion. Thomas
Edge, Cheshire county, Pa, was
credited some years ago with having fed
nve pigs, of the same litter, five bushels
2. shelled corn AID receiving AZ 34 pounds
ol pork, or 3-5 pounds from the bushel
an experiment at North Chatham, n r.,
On record, gave a fraction OF less than ~
pounds OF pork from bushel Of corn
Eleven records, kept and recorded by r.
" Coburn, of raw corn fed in the ear,
gave an average of over 10 pounds "a
PORK from one bushel of corn, fed in the
ear and upon the ground
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
Laid to Rest.

The funeral of little Henry Nelson
Meyette, son of Mr. Alfred Meyette,
whose painful death occurred on Friday
night from lockjaw. took place yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock from st. Mary's K.
c. Church, the Rev. Father Brick Off
ciating at the service. Henry was bright
and promising boy of about II years of
age, aud about two weeks ago while run
ming across the stable yard on his father S
premises, near the Ferry, struck his foot
against the prong of a pitchfork, infiict-
ing a very insignificant wound. Nothing
serious was thought of it. and on the 9Th
of September he entered ST. Mary's school
and on the 10th was taken with pains and
continued to grow worse until he died on
the 10Th. His father thinks he was hurt
while playing leap-frog at school. as he
complained of his spine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-19
a CARD

Mr., EDITOR:
Mr.. j. G. Spaulding, having been nominated
for the State Legislature on the Independent
ers of Annapolis and Anne Arundel county,
He has always been active in his aid and assis-
lance in any effort for the welfare and pros
perity of this city and county; he has always
been successful in every thing he has under
taken. A few years ago he took charge of the
Baltimore Ohio Express here, which had to
struggle for an existence on account of a long
established opposition at this place, and in
very short time succeeded in building up
large business for the Company, which now
does by far the largest express business of the
city. He would be valuable representative
and would be credit to the city, county and
State aud should rereive the support OF the
people, TAX PAYER, *916